10 Local Stories This WeekThings seemed to return to normal after Hurricane Isaac and the three-day Labor Day weekend slowed down the capital city last week.
New Orleans Saints Player Suspensions Vacated, Players ReinstatedThe suspensions of Jonathan Vilma and three other players in the NFL's bounty investigation were lifted Friday by a three-member appeals panel and the league reinstated those players a few minutes later.
Midtown Gets Green HousingMidtown, one of the city's leading neighborhoods in the arts, will soon welcome the state's first eco-friendly, sustainable affordable housing.
Miss. Part of Alarming West Nile TrendMississippi has one of the nation's highest rates of West Nile infections and rates of death from the mosquito-borne disease.
More Anderson Case Hate-Crime Charges?A federal grand jury in Jackson met to consider more hate-crime charges in the death of James Craig Anderson who was run over by a white teenager.
EPA Decree Will Cost Jackson Big MoneyThe city may have to begin what could add up to hundreds of millions of dollars worth of work on its sewer and waste-water system.
Barbour Folds After 'Poker' RemarkThis week, former governor Haley Barbour touched off more tumult, providing one more distraction for his party, by running his mouth.
Team of the Day: Millsaps MajorsTropical Storm Isaac affected college football games all over Mississippi last week. One of those games was the Backyard Brawl between the Millsaps Majors and Mississippi College Choctaws.
201,000 New Jobs Added in August, Unemployment Apps DroppedFewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, and a private survey showed businesses stepped up hiring in August. The data sketched a brighter outlook for the job market one day before the government reports on August employment.
Dems Pick 2 for Congress RacesMississippi Democrats have chosen two new nominees to challenge Republican incumbents in the state's 3rd and 4th Districts.
Inmate Pleads Guilty in Prison RiotOne inmate has pleaded guilty in a deadly Adams Count prison riot last May; a second prisoner has been charged in the case.
Things seemed to return to normal after Hurricane Isaac and the three-day Labor Day weekend slowed down the capital city last week.
Midtown, one of the city's leading neighborhoods in the arts, will soon welcome the state's first eco-friendly, sustainable affordable housing.
Mississippi has one of the nation's highest rates of West Nile infections and rates of death from the mosquito-borne disease.
The Rev. Herman D. "Preacher" Dennis died Tuesday.
The city may have to begin what could add up to hundreds of millions of dollars worth of work on its sewer and waste-water system.
This week, former governor Haley Barbour touched off more tumult, providing one more distraction for his party, by running his mouth.
Tropical Storm Isaac affected college football games all over Mississippi last week. One of those games was the Backyard Brawl between the Millsaps Majors and Mississippi College Choctaws.